Post Secret - Frank Warrenby Lauri Griffin | More from this Blogger 17 May 2008 03:09 PM The cover for the Post Secret book is brown, like mailing paper, with a canceled postcard stamp in the corner. The book is based on Post Secret blog which is a website where people mail in their secrets anonymously. The Post Secret blog and book began with an idea of Frank Warren's for a community art project. He handed out postcards and told people to write down a secret they'd never told anyone and to mail it to him anonymously. Warren posted the cards on his website. According to the book cover, the project has "grown into a global phenomenon, exposing our individual aspirations, fantasies, and frailties - our common humanity." The postcards are often works of art themselves. Some are completely handmade, or photo. Others are bought cards altered with collage, pen and ink, or magic markers. The secrets vary from funny, to heartbreaking, to scary, and even disturbing. Some of the secrets chosen for the Post Secret book are: "I wish my parents could see me for what I am instead of what I didn't become." "Sometimes I wish I had lung cancer so my mom would quit smoking." "I give decaf to customers who are rude to me." (written on part of a Starbucks cup) "I leave poetry in library books." "Once I was asked by a doctor if I was hearing voices. The voice inside my head shouted TELL HIM NO!" "I still haven't told my father that I have the same disease that killed my mother." "I only smoke Pall Mall cigarettes so I can remember you 40 times a day." I'm not sure what I think of the book. It's certainly not for children. On one hand, it's fascinating to read these insights into other people's lives. But they are so raw, and intimate. It's hard to read about the pain people are going through. There are secrets concerning religious questioning, sexual identity, eating disorders, abuse, and addictions. For me, it's hard to read more than a few of these postcards at a time. But it do think the awareness that we all harbor secrets may be healing, and maybe help us all treat our fellow humans a little gentler. Also See: Learn more about Lauri Griffin  Lauri lives in Colorado with her husband and three sons. Amidst all the laundry and packing of lunches, she tries to keep parenting fun. Relevantmedia tags User Comments louisvuitton (440) 20 Aug 2009 01:30 AMYou wont feel strange when you heard the name louis vuitton.The first meet with Louis Vuitton Watercolor Speedy 35 Suit Summer Dayis at my age of 4,My mother back from Tokyo and a friend there present her a travel bag by Louis Vuitton Store. Many people do not like 09 New Arrivalsstyle or some love it just for its price.I bagan to love this brand after I read a story of a bag of Swarovski Mirror.The year 1997,Lots of thing from the wreckage of Titanic.including a Tiffany Coark.When the ark up and people open it,How magically in it,To everyones surprise,There is no more than a drop of water in it.exactly,Quality is out of question to Burberry.the classical,original figure of Chanelnamed Monogram.I love Gucci.Search google ,I find a store sell Mont Blanc,The UGGThey sell is good , such as luis vuitton.Louis Vuitton Antigua .Louis Vuitton Bequia Leather .Louis Vuitton Classic China Run .Louis Vuitton Citadin NM.Louis Vuitton Renzo.Louis Vuitton Card Holder.Louis Vuitton Sarah Wallet.Louis Vuitton Bowling Montaigne GM.Louis Vuitton Alma MM.Louis Vuitton Bellevue GM.Louis Vuitton Baggy PM.Louis Vuitton Baggy PM.Louis Vuitton Platine Manon MM.Louis Vuitton Manon PM Platine.Louis Vuitton Griet.Louis Vuitton Audra Black.Louis Vuitton Shirly White.Louis Vuitton Shirly Black.Louis Vuitton Pochette Wallet Black.Louis Vuitton Porte-Tresor International Black . This website (http://www.gifico.com) It sales bags and wallets as well. Community Tags blogs to books, community art, Frank Warren, Post Secret, secrets Discuss this article
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